EFB Chapter 1743 Traps and Spies
Chapter 1743 Traps and Spies
Chapter 1743 Traps and Spies
It is amazing that the earth essence in the human world can transform into twenty or thirty clones. Elder Liu's judgment is accurate, and the Taoism of this one is particularly profound.
Its mining and transportation speed is at least ten times faster than that of humans working at full capacity! And because of the special talent of the Earth Spirit, it is extremely sensitive to the Mystic Crystal and can easily find treasures hidden deep in the rock wall.
But the extreme clone also caused a huge burden to the Earth Essence itself, so the dwarf fed him high-quality black crystals.
Thirty-five feet underground, the tunnel was pitch dark, without a single ray of light. But this environment did not pose a problem for the Earth Spirit.
This is a place that human miners don’t often come to. The ore is big and beautiful, and the water head is very good.
The spirit of earth was digging happily when he suddenly smelled a refreshing fragrance.
The smell of the underground cave remains unchanged, but it is so refreshing that when you close your eyes it feels like you are standing in a garden full of blooming flowers.
The Spirit of Earth knew that this was the scent of the Emperor's Liquid. To put it more bluntly, it was an extremely rich and refreshing spiritual fragrance!
Dozens of mole crickets immediately gathered and ran towards the source of the smell.
It was a long tunnel with a small opening that could only accommodate children or dogs, but not adults. There were many gravels scattered on the ground, and it was obvious that the road had been opened by miners not long ago, and it was likely that they had not had time to survey it.
This is not a problem for the Earth Spirit.
There were no black crystals on the stone walls on both sides of the corridor. After the mole crickets ran for more than a hundred feet, there was a dead end in front of them - a thick stone wall.
But embedded in this stone wall is the largest piece of black crystal that the Earth Spirit has ever seen!
The part exposed outside the rock wall alone is three meters high and nearly two meters wide!
Who knows if this is just the tip of the iceberg? Qian Huan's ban on escape techniques is still in effect in the Upside-Down Sea, and as an outsider, the Earth Spirit has no way to directly detect its reserves.
Its color also gradients from deep red to purple.
There is a saying that goes, "red is so red that it turns purple." Among all the ranks, purple black crystal has the highest quality.
The Earth Spirit was stunned by the sight of such a flawless and gigantic black crystal. He was unable to utter a word for a long time.
Then, it reported it to Master Jieshui and the dwarf.
Jieshui Zhenren only had one word in mind:
dig!
Dig it out quickly.
The current Tiangong team needs such pure and huge energy the most!
The dwarf hesitated for a moment and said, "Is it such a coincidence that someone sends me a pillow just when I feel sleepy?"
When resources were extremely scarce, a ridiculously large black crystal suddenly appeared in the mine. The mole cricket didn't need to look for it elsewhere and could just focus on conquering it.
Is there such a good thing in the world?
But when Tu Mole Cricket showed him the fragments of black crystal that he had cut off, he dispelled his last bit of doubt:
The goods are genuine and the price is fair. No cheating.
"Dig, dig quickly!"
Such a large black crystal, just one or two, ten or eight earth crickets would take ten days to dig? So the Earth Spirit gave an order, and the army of earth crickets that were exploring the mine suddenly turned around and rushed here in unison!
It was a huge black mass, and everywhere there was the rustling sound of six legs scratching the ground, which was more frightening than a swarm of locusts passing by.
If He Lingchuan and others were there, they would find that the giant black crystal on the stone wall was completely covered, and its surface was densely packed with large insects!
They pounced on the black crystal and tried to cut it with their sharp mouthparts and front claws. Whenever they picked up any scraps, they would quickly carry them away.
The other mole crickets were working hard to dig at the stone wall in an effort to reveal the hidden part of the black crystal.
More of their companions came from other places in the mine.
"It's almost there." Elder Liu whispered to He Lingchuan, "There are fewer mole crickets passing by outside."
The main wave has passed, which means that most of the mole crickets have been driven into the corridor.
He Lingchuan nodded, signaling him to wait a little longer, but in fact he was secretly listening to Aunt Zhu's message:
"Hey, Eyeball Spider has discovered that there are always a few bird monsters flying around in the sky above Kidney Lake, glowing all the time."
Glow?
Although he can also borrow the vision of the Eye Spider, his vision is not as clear or as far as the original one.
Now the eyeball spider is hiding in the crown of the tallest tree beside the mine. This tree protrudes from the cliff and echoes the Yaozi Lake not far away.
Like Aunt Zhu, the eyeball spider had more than a dozen eyes arranged around its head, providing almost 360 degrees of vision without blind spots. It had already seen the bird monsters flying back and forth in the sky.
"They flew over from the direction of Upside Down Lake, and when they reached Yaozi Lake, they dropped the light spots down, and repeated this process several times." Aunt Zhu added, "I watched for a long time. What did the light spots look like? Do you remember those glowing silver fruit beads by Upside Down Lake?"
They stood on the Stone Dragon Peak to watch the live broadcast of the Haoyuan Golden Mirror. Whenever they turned to the Upside Down Lake, they could always see countless stars on the shore. Xiao Wencheng had explained long ago that they were the fruits of the Silver Pearl Tree, which would only absorb the moonlight and glow all night long on the fifteenth night.
He Lingchuan nodded.
What kind of bird demon would specifically bring the silver bead fruit from the Upside-Down Lake and throw it into the Yaozi Lake to hear the sound of the water?
Dong Rui stood behind Elder Liu and made some hand gestures to He Lingchuan: "Is the Heavenly Palace testing something?"
When he does his own experiments, doesn't he have to try again and again like this?
The battle was fierce, and the Huan Sect certainly didn't have the time to do this. So most of these bird monsters were from the Tiangong camp.
Thinking of the abnormality of Yaozi Lake and the heat of the divine bone necklace, He Lingchuan stroked his chin. Did Bai Ziqi also discover some clues?
This most likely happened after he and Elder Liu led the team to Yu Village. The Haoyuan Golden Mirror can monitor the entire Upside-Down Sea. Did Xiao Wencheng also see the unusual movements of these bird monsters?
Earlier, when He Lingchuan asked him about the enemy's movements, he refused to mention it.
Did he not notice, or did he not want to say it?
At this time, Elder Liu reminded again: "It has been a long time since a mole cricket passed by."
This "very long time" was just a dozen breaths or so, and he was a little anxious.
He Lingchuan then softly read out a name:
"aunt!"
Above the entrance to the corridor, a dark shadow suddenly moved.
……
Wu Shidao rushed out of the edge of the lighthouse barrier, then summoned the Haoyuan Golden Mirror and took a step back to Shilong Peak.
He could only return to the square.
On the way to Wenhui Pavilion, he passed by several young disciples of the Huan Sect and heard them calling him "Uncle Wu".
They were too young and had learned too few magical powers, so they could not go to the battlefield, so they stayed in the sect to do logistics.
One of them was a young guy from the same village as Wu Shidao, and he even made a few jokes with his companions.
He didn't know yet that his village had been destroyed by Sect Leader Xiao.
Wu Shidao looked at them with mixed emotions. He had lived for decades and thought he knew everything, but in fact he had been living in the lies woven by the Illusion Sect and had been deceived and used. How different was he from these naive children?
He shook his head, put aside his distracting thoughts, and hurried into Wenhui Pavilion.
Only Xiao Wencheng was standing in front of the mirror; the other elders were not there.
He stepped forward to greet him. Xiao Wencheng knew he was coming, but he didn't even turn his head: "How is the battle in the lighthouse barrier going?"
Due to the barrier blocking the view, Xiao Wencheng could not see the battle scene through the Haoyuan Golden Mirror and could only ask eyewitnesses for information.
In the past, Wu Shidao viewed Sect Leader Xiao as a great man, as unattainable as the bright moon, but now he only sees him as hypocritical.
It was this man who killed his relatives without any hesitation, drove away the Yakshas to abuse and eat the residents of Silver Pearl Island, and placed his own statue in the Wind God Temple, asking everyone to worship him wholeheartedly!
The moment he saw Xiao Wencheng, Wu Shidao couldn't help but feel boundless hatred in his heart!
He quickly bent down and lowered his head to avoid being discovered by Xiao Wencheng.
Since Xiao Wencheng asked about the battle situation, he concealed the fact that he was captured and told everything else truthfully.
The more truth and details he tells, the more he can cover up his misdeeds.
He is an old man of the Huan Sect. He often goes in and out of the important places of the sect in Shilong Peak. Today, he came back twice to report and retrieve things. Xiao Wencheng saw that he was covered in blood and had a resolute look. Moreover, the battle on the lakeside was fierce. After listening to his description, Xiao Wencheng was thinking about how to deal with it.
Therefore, when he mentioned that Elder Jin was asking for 800 kilograms of top-grade black crystal, Xiao Wencheng didn't think much about it and wrote a warrant for him.
The three elders on the front line have sent people back for help many times. Xiao Wencheng also knows that once the battle begins, the supplies accumulated over the years will be consumed like water.
But what can we do? We have to fight this battle until the other side reveals its trump card first.
Wu Shidao received the warrant, bowed quickly to him, and turned to walk out of Wenhui Pavilion.
This step went more smoothly than expected, and the next step was the highlight -
Xianguang Cave.
When he arrived, there was another group of disciples coming to collect supplies.
These people greeted him: "Uncle Wu, you go first!"
"No need, you guys go." Wu Shidao followed them and walked into the Xianguang Cave slowly.
The animal head statue on the door once scared away a brain-eating insect monster, preventing it from sneaking in, but since Wu Shidao was "one of us", it only took a glance and let him go.
There were guards along the way, but Wu Shidao showed the master's warrant and passed through easily. He also met two stewards, both of whom were acquaintances, and greeted them with a smile: "Is Steward Lu here?"
"Senior Brother Lu has gone to coordinate the purchase and receipt of medicines. He will be back soon." The two managers sighed, "With the war on the front line, the cost of medicines is too high."
This Xianguang Cave almost hollowed out the belly of the mountain, and a total of thirty-six caves were dug out inside. They were filled with numerous treasures, which showed the greatness of the Huanzong family.
The first three times newcomers enter, they will feel that this is a maze. The passages are interconnected and it is difficult to find what they want, let alone the exit.
Wu Shidao certainly didn't have such worries. He walked through the twists and turns to the penultimate floor with ease, and encountered many hidden mechanisms along the way.
Anyone who barges in rashly will be killed in an instant without a burial place.
From this floor down, all the treasures of the Huan Sect were placed. In front was another stone chamber, which was empty except for a sleeping giant beast.
This monster looks like a tiger, with the same yellow body and black stripes, but its face is narrow and short, and it has a pair of boar-like fangs.
(End of this chapter)